28th October, 2010
The Women Leader of the Ibrahim Badamasi Babangida, IBB, campaign organisation, Chief (Mrs.) Remi Adiukwu-Bakare, has disclosed that there are challenges in selling the IBB candidacy to Nigerians.
The former Commissioner for Women Development and Poverty Alleviation during Asiwaju Bola Ahmed Tinubu administration, however, said all the challenges will be surmounted in due course.
She said that there are so many people who want to identify with IBB but because of what they are benefiting from the present government, they do not want to identify with him in the open.
“That does not mean that there are no people who are following IBB with boldness because they believe him. They want to come along with him. We have a whole multitude following us.
“Those little challenges are there and they are the bane of democracy. Right now,  incumbency is a major thing. That is the major challenge. There is no candidate that is on the field today that will be able to outwit us,†she boasted.
She said that she does not see the presence of other northern aspirants reducing the chances of IBB in clinching PDPâ€
“I donâ€
“When you go to the grassroots, they will tell you that they fared better under him. We are mobilising the grassroots for him,†said the Progressive Peopleâ€
Speaking on the insinuation that the ANPP deliberately amended its constitution to accommodate IBB if he fails to get DPâ€
—Yisa Jamiu